Men suffer from domestic violence too !

TORMENTED Ian McNicholl told last night how his twisted fiancée left him a broken man by subjecting him to 12 months of shocking violence.

Burly Ian, 46, is nearly 6ft and weighs 14stone. He towered over 5ft Michelle Williamson. But that did not save him as she launched repeated savage attacks.

As Williamson began a seven-year jail sentence, he opened his heart to The Sun. His story shows that, while women remain the main victims of domestic abuse, men can suffer as well. Ian’s list of attacks include:

SCALDED with a steam iron, BOILING WATER poured over his genitals, cigarettes thrust up his NOSE and stubbed on his CHEST, and a gin bottle SMASHED in his mouth — on top of numerous PUNCHES and BEATINGS.

As he showed off scars that include burns and broken eye sockets, Ian said: “I expected to die. Her cruelty knew no bounds. I never retaliated because I knew I would have to kill her if I did — or she would just keep coming at me.”

Two women a week are killed by a current or former male partner. And one in four women experiences domestic violence in their lifetime.

But Home Office figures also show two MEN die every three weeks at the hands of a partner or ex. One in five men suffers domestic violence, although this would include attacks by gay partners and relatives.

Businessman Ian’s 18-month relationship with Williamson began after they shared a taxi in Grimsby, Lincs.

For 12 of those months he would wake praying he got through the day unscathed.

The attacks began with her usual rant: “You never tell me you love me. You never instigate sex.”

In one vicious assault Williamson, 34, hit Ian so hard with a claw hammer it broke on the third blow to his shoulder.

An iron was held close to his arm so the steam scalded him. He went on: “I had my teeth smashed out with a gin bottle once.

Scarred ... Ian's left arm still bears the mark from being cruelly scalded with a steam iron

“She struck me on the knee repeatedly with a magnum of champagne after the thick glass vase she was using smashed, then she lashed me with the flex of a Hoover.”

Ramming lit cigarettes up each of unsuspecting Ian’s nostrils and stubbing five out on his chest was another method of venting her anger.

Warped Williamson demanded Ian get an erection within five minutes of the attack — or she would give him “the beating he deserved”.

He was unable to comply and she pummelled him until she was too exhausted to continue. He recalled: “When she stopped I was so relieved to be free of pain it honestly didn’t occur to me to leave.

“She was proud of the injuries she inflicted and would send me to the shop to get her cigarettes straight after a beating.”

He said: “Admitting the truth was the hardest thing I’ve done. I was a shell of the man I was before, physically, emotionally and financially. The day the police came I was going to take an overdose. I could take no more.”

Last month Williamson was sentenced to a total of 18 years, to run concurrently, on three counts of actual bodily harm and two of GBH.

She was cleared of attacking Ian with a mobile, a champagne bottle and electric flex.

Ian had enjoyed a successful career as a training consultant. Williamson put paid to that.

He said: “I thought she was very attractive, with a slight build, well spoken and with a great sense of humour. We moved into a flat together and got engaged.

“But she punched me one night after she flew into a rage about my ex-lovers. I told a colleague I had walked into a door. Crazy as it sounds, I still loved her. But before I knew it the beatings were a regular occurrence.

“By then I was trapped. As a victim you can’t think logically. Your only thought is to keep your abuser happy. I didn’t think anyone would believe me. I was ashamed.”

Full article : http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/real_life/article2411968.ece